Bryan Trying to Be Senator in Fusion Push
In Lincoln Nebraska on August 10 W J Bryan led the Democratic convention while fusion talks with the Populists moved slowly. Delegates heard Thomas E Watsons speech at the Populist gathering and discussed pairing electors and state offices to help Bryan win the Senate and a fused governorship amid Republican factional fighting and railroad influence led by James J Hill.
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Neb
W. J. Bryan
Thomas E. Watson
Watson
Tibbles
Parker
Davis
Loomis
Dodge County
Bryan
United States Senate
Charles H. Dietrich
Bryan Democracy
James J. Hill
New York Life Holds Record as Largest Life Company
Special Dispatch from Albany reports 25 examiners spent seven months auditing New York Life Insurance Company led by John A. McCall. The firm holds $352 million in bonds and mortgages, has 812,711 policyholders, $326 million in new business, $1.745 billion in coverage, $78.6 million premium income, and $88.27 million total income. It has received German authorization to operate nationwide.
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Albany
Insurance Department
New York Life Insurance Company
John A. McCall
New York Life
New York
Germany
City Guests Sail With French Warship Visit
Lawrence city officials join a luncheon and bay sail aboard the barge Martha to the hospital and institutions, as the French cruiser Dupleix and Admiral Rivet are greeted by the city. Mayor Lynch and City Council leaders attend from North station to Commercial wharf.
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Cormorant
Martha
Lawrence
Dupleix
Commercial Wharf
Long Island
Lawrence City
Lynch
Corcoran
John J.shea
Murray
M. F. Scanlon
HH. P. Hart
J.L
Gift of $500 for Floating Hospital
An anonymous donor sent $500 via bank check to the Floating Hospital for the sick aboard the boat. The gift was arranged to keep the giver anonymous. The article notes Mildred Hall day, named by Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Hall yesterday.
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Mildred Hall
Charles P. Hall
Missing heiress found after Boston engineer estate case
A Boston engineer's estate of 100000 with 13 heirs prompted a Post reporter to locate Louisa Going of Lowell. The 70 year old woman, born Louisa Durgan and once married to Going, lived on Warrenton Street in Boston and was traced to Lowell. She will be notified of her share of 7692, about one fourteenth of the estate, as the remaining heirs include Harriet D. Blank, Saran Cain, Caroline Cain, and others across New England and beyond.
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Carlos S. Nudd
Boston
Louisa Going
Lowell
New England
Louisa Durgan
Warrenton Street
Leroy Sanborn
Franklin Falls
Harriet D. Blank
Saran Cain
Hingham
Caroline Cain
Kansas
Lucy E. Chesley
North Conway
N. H
Bastine Sanderson
Wisconsin
Loisa Goving
Debora Jamies
Campton
Rufus Smith
North Littleton
Mary J. Corbin
Northfield
Helen Cheney
Clara B. Hannaford
Berlin
Horace Thompson
Concord
LeRoy W. Sanborn
J. D. Edwards
Atlanta, Ga
Firemen Split Over Brewers Union Ties
Washington August 10. Firemen at the convention debated resolutions accusing the United Brewery Workmen’s International Union of conflicts with firemen. Resolutions were sent back to hearings with urging that AFL decrees from New Orleans and Boston be enforced or the firemen withdraw from AFL jurisdiction. A Sept. 12 AFL executive committee meeting was set. A five member panel will press Treasury for higher federal building wages.
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Washington
Firemen’s Convention
United Brewery Workmen's International Union
American Federation of Labor
New Orleans
Boston
A. F. of II
A. F. of I
Gompers
Secretary of the Treasury
Driver Cooley Stops Runaway on State Street
James Cooley, driver of Engine 4, halted a pair of runaway horses pulling a light truck on State Street. The vehicle sped toward the Old State House as firemen battled a blaze nearby. Cooley jumped from the steamer and quickly controlled the animals, averting possible injuries to a crowd gathered near the scene.
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James Cooley
State Street
Devonshire Street
Old State House
Cooley
Archbishop of Canterbury plans United States visit for church convention
The Most Rev Dr Randall Thomas Davidson archbishop of Canterbury announces a two month trip to the United States for the general convention of the Protestant Episcopal church in Boston this October. He will also visit several Canadian centers to foster closer ties in church work between Britain and North America.
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London
Randall Thomas Davidson
Canterbury
United States
Protestant Episcopal Church of
Canada
Boston
Great Britain
Cambridge Man Saves Child From Barn Fire
Tom Kelley of 16 Columbia Street Cambridge dashed into a rear barn at 36 Harvard Street to rescue Maggie Doherty aged 3 as flames neared her corner in the loft yesterday afternoon. The frightened child could not reach safety before Kelley acted.
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Tom Kelley
Columbia Street
Cambridge
Harvard Street
Maggie Doherty
Kelley
Clergymen Tragically Slay Each Other in Ohio County
In Pomeroy Ohio Aux 10 Rev Olen Gillilan was accidentally shot and killed today by Rev Mr Newsome. Both ministers had charges in Ohioville Pennsylvania and were visiting the father of Mr Gillilan in this county. The tragedy occurred during target shooting on vacation.
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Pomeroy, O
Aux
Olen Gillilan
Newsome
Ohioville
Penn
Gillilan
Goelet jewels not stolen says police chief
Newport Rhode Island August 10 Chief of Police Richards released a long statement reviewing the Goelet jewel case. He reiterated that Mrs Goelet mislaid the jewels and forgot their location and that theft by anyone was impossible. No new facts were disclosed.
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Newport
R. I
Richards
Wanted money from Snow Maiden arrest in city
A woman styled as Miss Julia Peck, claiming Washington, D C, residency, was arrested at Post Office Inspector W B Snow's home last night. She spent the night in custody, refused to answer questions, was arraigned this morning, fined twenty dollars, and left without speaking.
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Maiden
Washington
D. C
Julia Peck
Post Office
W. B. Snow
Malden
Snow
Inspect Harbor Tour by Boston River and Harbor Committee
Fourteen members of the Congressional river and harbor committee arrived at the Vendome after a NY to Boston train delay. They will board the Algonquin to tour the harbor and lunch at the Eastern Yacht Club Marblehead, with plans to discuss making the Neponset River navigable and later inspect New Bedford harbor.
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River and Harbor Committee of Congress
Vendome
Boston Harbor
New York
Eastern Yacht Club
Marblehead
McNary
Neponset River
New Bedford
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